"We will be launching an amazing new product, Club Penguin Island, that offers a uniquely penguin experience, with new features and game play, making it more fun than ever," the statement said.

The game was released on October 24th, 2005, starting with 15,000 users. It quickly gained traction and by March of 2006 it had reached 1.5 million users, and then almost doubled in September with 2.6 million.

In August of 2007 original developers, New Horizon Interactive, agreed to sell Club Penguin to Disney for $350.93 million.

Current users (and nostalgic millennials everywhere) can pre-register for the new Club Penguin Island here.